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Chapter One: Death and Life
"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching."
"Avada…Kedavra," Harry Potter whispered. His voice was full of pain and barely above a whisper, but he had power behind the spell nonetheless. Threads of green light spilled from his wand and wrapped around the tall, mutated man that stood next to Harry, smiling evily. Volemort screamed and fell to the ground, dead. Harry smiled sadly and surrendered himself to death.
As he died, he filled his mind with images of his wife, his friends, and his family. The way Ginny looked as they said their wedding vows. Ron and Hermione arguing at their own wedding with huge smiles on their faces. His niece and nephews, running circles as fast as their chubby toddler legs could go. Fred and George pranking Charlie's fiancé, saying she needed to be "initiated" into the family. Hermione's reaction when Ron surprised her with a dog. All six of the Weasley brothers, plus Mr. Weasley, talking to Harry in private at the engagement party, telling him what would happen if he broke Ginny's heart. Ginny's face when they found out that they were pregnant.
Harry supposed that, if he had to die now, he had lived a pretty good life.
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That night, at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters, dinner was a somber affair. Ginny Potter, stomach bulging from the baby she was carrying, ate only a few bites of food. She did not drink anything with a drop of alcohol in it, for fear of hurting the baby girl growing inside her. Many people came to her to offer their sympathy, something that Ginny did not want.
Once everyone had sat down to eat (or at least had food in front of them, many people weren't actually eating), Remus Lupin stood up.
"I would like to offer a toast," he said, lifting his glass of butterbeer "to the Boy Who Lived and the Man Who Died. To Harry."
"To Harry," the room chorused. Even Ginny raised her cup of virgin firewiskey, though she did not join in with the rest of the Order when they quoted Remus. Through silent tears, she managed to whisper "I love you, Harry."